It’s strange that at times writers run out of thoughts and ideas in spite of the very best events that are going around them. I had also been facing the similar issues lately in the presence of the several topics like Gaddafi, Egypt, a new super awesome girl-friend, a friend who wants to be a writer but every time faces a problem because of his distaste towards sitting and writing, another guy who chews in an irritating way and when told not to masticate like that, replies that he does not masticate, he has a girlfriend!
So in short, the situation was pretty much alarming and the ideas were not willing to quit their comfortable stay in the writer’s block. I knew that the mind was getting distracted as there were a few officials things that had to be done beforehand but I couldn’t find a way out as I am not the best guy when it comes to technical stuff and as a matter of fact I am not even the best among the weaker breed. So I preferred to neglect the work for the time being(this solution always works) and take an unpaid leave mentioning illness and went to a village 200 KMs from Indore to stay in a forest department rest-house for seven days.
There i met this old man, at least thrice of my age, who embarrassingly took my suitcase from me and took it to my room. Everyone who lived nearby called him by the name ‘Doctor’ and later on I came to know that he used to treat snake-bite victims. This man had a strange yet a magnetic personality and was an excellent cook too.
“What do you do sa’ab?” Doctor asked to me while watching me eat my dinner.
I told him that I work in an IT firm (and used the term computer to make it more relevant for him) and a part time writer too.
“Oh, so you write stories?” he said.
I tried to tell him that I write stories and at times articles, essays etc and about my writer’s block too.
“So you can’t think of any new stories? I also have some stories. Do you want to listen to a few?” he said
In my go-ahead lied the fate of the night and the fulcrum of the stories soon to follow…
(Stay tuned)
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